{"id":139,"date":"2012-05-25T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godweb.org\/wordpress\/?p=139"},"modified":"2012-06-02T17:50:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T21:50:18","slug":"139","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godweb.org\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"A Christian Case Against the Death Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.godweb.org%2F%3Fp%3D139&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>A recent decision by the US Supreme Court in a case challenging the use of lethal injection under the &#8220;cruel and unusual punishment&#8221; amendment to the Constitution once again places capital punishment on trial. 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